Contact Info

Bill Culverhouse

Associate Professor of Music

Programs/Departments

Music

Middle East Studies

Degrees

D.M.A., University of Maryland

M.M., University of Maryland

B.M., Oberlin College

Selected Courses

Concert Choir Madrigal Singers Gregorian Chant Ensemble The Care and Feeding of Your iPod Western Music History Musics of the Arab World ConductingMusic AppreciationIssues in Contemporary Popular MusicOpera History

Biography

Bill Culverhouse directs the choral music program and teaches a variety of courses in music history. An active performer, conductor and composer, Bill has conducted performances at St. Matthews Cathedral in Washington D.C. and at various locations on the East Coast and Midwest as part of tours of Earlham’s choirs. He has a special interest in music of the Middle East, having collaborated with students on research projects on various musical styles and genres in the Arab world and supervised student research projects at the American Center for Oriental Research in Amman, Jordan.

Research Projects

Gregorian Chant and Renaissance Polyphony Choral Music in the Arab World Stylistic Fusion in American and Middle Eastern Popular MusicsHistorical Choral Performance PracticeContemporary Choral MusicMusics of the Arab World Composition

Professional Memberships

Earlham College, an independent, residential college, aspires to provide the highest-quality undergraduate education in the liberal arts, including the sciences, shaped by the distinctive perspectives of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).